How was your Summer?! Good? Great! Mine was an emotional rollercoaster mostly a slow disassociated climb ending in a free fall of despair and identity crisis! Wheeee!! Fun! I talk about the dangers of trying to compartmentalise sadness or bad feelings (and why it’s absolutely to be expected that so many of us are still struggling more than we used to) How unhelpful tendency to isolate ourselves when we are drinking from The Cocktail of Bad Feelings and how to find good friends, even if you never leave your house. In part two, I talk about the small shift that got me back on track to feeling a lot more like myself and how your own shift might be so much more attainable than you might imagine.

Everyone's favourite Joe Boyle is back. And this conversation has it all. Tragedy, triumph and everything in between.  We talk about Joe's ongoing battle with cancer and where he is now. How the loss of his father and several close friends at the same time as his health took a major turn for the worse right in time for a global pandemic affected him. The devastation of being seen by some as disposable in a COVID precaution weary world, and the dehumanizing burden of becoming a "Brand" when you choose to share your struggles publicly. On the lighter side, we discuss how Joe was able to leverage cancer treatment coping skills into a creating a sense of community, especially for his high-school students and how he found himself authoring a five part book series in the midst of it all. Don't miss this one.

My ultimate life hack for when you are feeling stuck unmotivated depressed exhausted numb or frozen.

This episode gives 5 reasons why understanding and expressing your needs is an act of mature self love and a radical form of community service. Includes plenty of practical tips and scripts to express your needs in a healthy conflict free way and how to create a safe environment for others to do the same.

How to adjust your perspective on the difficult work of recovering from mental illness, grief or/or burnout and respond to your needs the way an excellent friend would.

Today I talk about the need for more intentional efforts to create joy in our daily lives through small indulgences, sensory pleasures and intentional luxuries that don’t have to cost any money. How these things can help us to overcome trauma, and also just restore and replenish us for the inevitable difficulties and struggles of life.

In this episode I talk about a recent experience with self betrayal, we look into the patterns of self abandonment what it looks and feels like, why we do it and how we can stop.

Do you feel guilty for feeling sad when others have it worse or guilty for being happy when people you love are suffering? Also: how to really comfort people. (Hint: most of us get it wrong) and a bunch of easy bio hacks to help ease stress, anxiety and depression.

In this episode I talk about some things I’ve been reflecting on since the recent passing of my friend’s precious son Luke after his brave battle with brain cancer. Includes my thoughts on how to better support people in pain, how to fully sink into (rather than fear or grasp at) those brief beautiful moments of contentment and joy… plus my best method for riding out my most impossible times and the most romantic Valentine’s gift my husband ever gave me.

In today’s episode. Talking about my newly famous husband whose work is floating 1 million miles out in space ready to unlock the secrets of the universe (No biggie) and how it’s restoring my faith in humanity. PLUS: How I’ve been stuck in the paralysis of WAIT MODE for 2 years and what I’m doing to deactivate it and rediscover joy and myself.